Remember Him?

If things turned out differently, state Secretary of State Chris Jacobs would have been burning up the campaign trail about now.

Instead, Jacobs was scheduled to travel to Lake George Friday, where, according to his office, he will lead 150 school children through a fire safety trailer, review K-9 search dogs and witness a live fire demonstration.

A Buffalo businessman and former school board member there, Jacobs was confirmed to his state post by the Senate May 2, tapped by erstwhile GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Weld to run as lieutenant governor on May 31 and dropped out of the running along with Weld June 6.

After being chosen by Weld, Jacobs said he would soon step down from his state job. Evidently, he wasn’t a candidate long enough to follow through. Good thing for him, or he’d be out of a job.Â